Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-15
THE MORGAN VETOES.
From the American Cultivator. |

Several months since inquiry was made
concerning the origin of a horse called
Veto or Morgan Veto. \ reply from
Mr.. George &. Stevens. one of our Malone,
y. Y, subscribers, who knew the Veto
family well, gave the information that
the original Veto was by a Morgan horse
called Jack. Gentlemen in New York and
Vermont have kindly furnished the fol-
lowing information concerning Jack. \
correspondent dating at Constable,N y,
writes as follows:
SIN reply to your inquiry concerning
the breeding of Morgan Jack, and more
particularly the Aubrey Horse, will say
that cannot give particulars of Morgan
Jack. formerly owned by Lowell Clevc-
land of this town, farther than that he
got the well-known Smith Veto. and
Smith Veto got Young Veto, or Cleveland
Veto, as he was sometimes called, and
Cleveland Veto got the Aubrey Horse.
Aubrey Veto was foaled in Constable, y.
V. on the farm of Nicholas Aubrey. in
the spring of 1860, and kept by him until
six years old, when he was sold to Joseph
Aubrey. then living in the town of Lis
bon, st. Lawrence Co., N.Y.; price.
$1,000.
" Mr.. Aubrey kept him about five
years, when he was sold to one Gillett of
Madrid, same county. for about $780,
and from Madrid he went to Massena
same county, being sold, if | remember
correctly, for $1,000. From Massena he
went to Morrisburg, Ont, but | do not
know at what price. He died there in
service two years ago this season. He
has left many fine colts in all the places
on the circuit he made, and there are still
many fine horses of his stock now owned
in the places where he stood.
"When in st. Lawrence county he was
known to trot his mile in about 2.30, and
| think he has record of that time. He
weighed about 1900 pounds. His grand
dam was bred in Dundee, Province of
Quebec, got by an imported running
horse, known as the Rob Roy His dam
was also bred in Dundee, and got by a
horse known as the Gillett Mohawk own
ed by Sidney Gillett in Constable, n. Y.
and owned by Peter Aubrey of Dundee.
His dam was brought from Dundee to
Constable. y. Y, by Nicholas Aubrey,
who raised and owned him until the
An o.; oil
Mr.. Charles b. Russell of North Hero,
VT, to whom an inquiry was addressed
concerning a Veto once owned in Yer
mont, replies as follows: Il have made
inquiries about the horse Veto, and found
a nephew of the man who raised him that
remembers more about the horse than
any one else have met. This man says
he once tried to buy Veto when quite
young, and remembers his sire as good
looking dark bay or brown horse, about
fifteen hands high, and claimed by the
man who had him as well-bred Morgan.
1.-The horse that got him was from the
vicinity Of the Green Mountains, and was
in town not more than twice, probably
but once. The dam of Pilgrim or Veto
was good-sized black mare, with some
white in face, got by horse called Pill
grim. As to his breeding my informant
knows nothing, but the horse did not
look so much like a Morgan as the sire of
Veto, being larger and more rangy. This
information got from Mr.. A. b. Hazen,
now seventy-five years old, who has al
ways lived in town, and is a nephew of
Uriah Hazen, who raised the horse and
sold him to Victor Adams of Milton, VT"
Additional light concerning the origin
of Morgan Jack, sire of the original Veto,
will be found IN the following: